קריה

Hebrew

Alternative forms
  • (excessive spellings): קיריה‎, קירייה‎, קרייה‎

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic قَرْيَة‎ (qarya, “village, hamlet, small town; rural community”). Compare with Phoenician 𐤒𐤀𐤓𐤕‎ (, qʾrt, “city”).

Noun

קִרְיָה • (kiryá) f (plural indefinite קְרָיוֹת‎, singular construct קִרְיַת־‎, plural construct קִרְיוֹת־‎) [pattern: קִטְלָה]

  1. campus, complex
  2. (literary) city, town

Derived terms
  • (places): הקריה‎
  • (cities): קִרְיַת אוֹנוֹ‎ (“Kiryat Ono”), קִרְיַת אָתָא‎ (“Kiryat Ata”), קִרְייַת בְּיַאלִיק‎ (“Kiryat Bialik”), קִרְיַת גַּת‎ (“Kiryat Gat”), קִרְיַת יָם‎ (“Kiryat Yam”), קִרְיַת מוֹצְקִין‎ (“Kiryat Motzkin”), קִרְיַת שְׁמוֹנָה‎ (“Kiryat Shmona”), (historical) קרית ספר‎ (“Kiryat Sefer”)
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